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Ezekiel 48

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1 Ang mga ito nga ang mga pangalan ng mga lipi: Mula sa dulong hilagaan, sa tabi ng daan ng Hethlon hanggang sa pasukan sa Hamath, Hasar-enan, sa hangganan ng Damasco, na dakong hilagaan sa gawing yaon ng Hamath; (at mga magkakaroon ng mga dakong silanganan at kalunuran), ang Dan, isang bahagi.

2 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Dan, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Aser, isang bahagi.

3 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Aser, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Nephtali, isang bahagi.

4 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Nephtali, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Manases, isang bahagi.

5 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Manases, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Ephraim, isang bahagi.

6 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Ephraim, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Ruben, isang bahagi.

7 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Ruben, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Juda, isang bahagi.

8 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Juda, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, malalagay ang alay na inyong ihahandog, dalawang pu't limang libong tambo ang luwang, at ang haba ay gaya ng isa sa mga bahagi, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran; at ang santuario ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

9 Ang alay na inyong ihahandog sa Panginoon ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libong tambo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang.

10 At magiging sa mga ito, sa makatuwid baga'y sa mga saserdote, ang banal na alay; sa dakong hilagaan ay dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sa dakong kalunuran ay sangpung libo ang luwang, at sa dakong timugan ay dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba: at ang santuario ng Panginoon ay maglalagay sa gitna niyaon.

11 Ito'y magiging sa mga saserdote na mga pinapaging banal sa mga anak ni Sadoc, na nagsisiganap ng katungkulan sa akin na hindi nangagpakaligaw nang mangagpakaligaw ang mga anak ni Israel, na gaya ng mga Levita na nangagpakaligaw.

12 At sa kanila'y magiging alay na mula sa alay ng lupain, bagay na kabanalbanalan sa tabi ng hangganan ng mga Levita.

13 At ayon sa hangganan ng mga saserdote, ang mga Levita ay mangagkakaroon ng dalawang pu't limang libo ang haba, at sangpung libo ang luwang: ang buong haba ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libo, at ang luwang ay sangpung libo.

14 At hindi nila ipagbibili, o ipagpapalit man, o ipagkakaloob sa iba man ang mga unang bunga ng lupain; sapagka't ito'y banal sa Panginoon.

15 At ang limang libo na naiwan sa naluwangan, sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo, magiging sa karaniwang kagamitan na ukol sa bayan, sa tahanan at sa mga nayon; at ang bayan ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

16 At ang mga ito ang magiging mga sukat niyaon: sa dakong hilagaan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong timugan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong silanganan ay apat na libo at limang daan, at sa dakong kalunuran ay apat na libo at limang daan.

17 At ang bayan ay magkakaroon ng mga nayon: sa dakong hilagaan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong timugan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong silanganan ay dalawang daan at limang pu, at sa dakong kalunuran ay dalawang daan at limang pu.

18 At ang labis sa haba, na nauukol sa banal na alay, magiging sangpung libo sa dakong silanganan, at sangpung libo sa dakong kalunuran; at magiging ukol sa banal na alay; at ang bunga niyaon ay magiging pinakapagkain sa nagsisigawa sa bayan.

19 At tatamnan nilang nagsisigawa sa bayan sa lahat ng mga lipi ng Israel.

20 Buong alay ay magiging dalawang pu't limang libong tambo at dalawang pu't limang libo: inyong ihahandog na parisukat ang banal na alay, sangpu ng pag-aari ng bayan.

21 At ang labis ay magiging sa prinsipe, sa isang dako at sa kabilang dako ng banal na alay at sa pag-aari ng bayan; sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo sa alay sa dako ng silanganang hangganan, at sa dakong kalunuran sa tapat ng dalawang pu't limang libo sa dako ng kalunurang hangganan, na ukol sa mga bahagi, magiging sa prinsipe: at ang banal na alay at ang santuario ng bahay ay malalagay sa gitna niyaon.

22 Bukod dito'y mula sa pag-aari ng mga Levita, at mula sa pag-aari ng bayan na nasa gitna ng sa prinsipe, sa pagitan ng hangganan ng Juda at ng hangganan ng Benjamin, magiging sa prinsipe.

23 At tungkol sa nalabi sa mga lipi: mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Benjamin, isang bahagi.

24 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Benjamin, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Simeon, isang bahagi.

25 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Simeon, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Issachar, isang bahagi.

26 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Issachar, mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Zabulon, isang bahagi.

27 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Zabulon mula sa dakong silanganan hanggang sa dakong kalunuran, ang Gad, isang bahagi.

28 At sa tabi ng hangganan ng Gad, sa dakong timugan na gawing timugan, ang hangganan ay magiging mula sa Tamar hanggang sa tubig ng Meribat-cades sa batis ng Egipto, hanggang sa malaking dagat.

29 Ito ang lupain na inyong babahagihin sa sapalaran sa mga lipi ng Israel na pinakamana, at ang mga ito ang kanilang mga iba't ibang bahagi, sabi ng Panginoong Dios.

30 At ang mga ito ang mga labasan sa bayan: Sa dakong hilagaan ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo sa sukat;

31 At ang mga pintuang-daan ng bayan ay magiging ayon sa mga pangalan ng mga lipi ng Israel, tatlong pintuang-daan sa dakong hilagaan: ang pintuang-daan ng Ruben, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Juda, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Levi, isa.

32 At sa dakong silanganan ay apat na libo at limang-daang tambo, at tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Jose, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Benjamin, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Dan, isa:

33 At sa dakong timugan ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo sa sukat, at tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Simeon, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Issachar, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Zabulon, isa:

34 Sa dakong kalunuran ay apat na libo at limang daang tambo, na may kanilang tatlong pintuang-daan: ang pintuang-daan ng Gad, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Aser, isa; ang pintuang-daan ng Nephtali, isa.

35 Magkakaroon ng labing walong libong tambo ang sukat sa palibot: at ang magiging pangalan ng bayan mula sa araw na yaon ay, Ang Panginoon ay naroroon.

   

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945. 22:8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things. This means that John supposed that the angel sent to him by the Lord to keep him in a state of the spirit was the God who revealed these things, when in fact that was not the case, as the angel only showed him what the Lord presented.

Clearly John supposed that the angel sent to him was the Lord Himself, for we are told that he fell down to worship before the angel's feet. But that it was not as he supposed is apparent from the next verse, in which the angel tells him that he is his fellow servant: "Worship God." That the angel was sent to John by the Lord is apparent from verse 16, which says, "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches."

But behind this lies the following secret: The Lord sent the angel to John in order to keep him in a state of the spirit and to show him in that state the visions he saw. For whatever John saw, he saw not with the eyes of his body, but with the eyes of his spirit, as can be seen from the passages in which he says that he was in the spirit and seeing a vision (Revelation 1:10; 9:17; 17:3; 21:10), thus everywhere that he says "he saw." And a person can enter that state and be kept in it only by angels who are closely attached to the person, who induce their own spiritual state on the interiors of his mind. For this raises the person into the light of heaven, and in that light he sees sights in heaven and not in the world.

[2] Ezekiel, Zechariah, Daniel, and other prophets were at times in the same state, but not when they spoke the Word. When they spoke the Word they were not in the spirit, but conscious in the body, and the words they wrote they heard from Jehovah Himself, that is, from the Lord.

These two states experienced by the prophets must be properly distinguished. The prophets themselves also properly distinguished them, for they everywhere say when they wrote the Word from Jehovah that Jehovah spoke with them and to them, and most often, "Thus says Jehovah," or "the word of Jehovah." However, when they were in the other state, they say that they were in the spirit or seeing in a vision, as can be seen from the following: (Ezekiel said,) "The spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision... of God into Chaldea, to those in captivity. So the vision that I saw went up upon me." (Ezekiel 11:1, 24)

Ezekiel says that the spirit lifted him up and that he heard behind him an earthquake, among other things (Ezekiel 3:12, 14). Also that the spirit lifted him up between earth and heaven, and brought him in visions of God to Jerusalem, where he saw abominations (Ezekiel 8:3ff.). Therefore he was also seeing in a vision of God or in the spirit when he saw four living creatures, which were cherubim (Ezekiel 1 and 10). And when he saw a new temple and a new land, and an angel measuring them (Ezekiel 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48). He says that he was then seeing in the visions of God (Ezekiel 40:2), and that the spirit lifted him up (Ezekiel 43:5).

[3] It was the same with Zechariah, who had an angel with him at the time when he saw a man riding among the myrtle trees (Zechariah 1:8ff.). When he saw the four horns, and then the man with a measuring line in his hand (Zechariah 1:18; 2:1ff.). When he saw Joshua, the high priest (Zechariah 3:1ff.). When he saw the lampstand and two olive trees (Zechariah 4:1ff.). When he saw the flying scroll and the ephah (Zechariah 5:1, 6). And when he saw the four chariots and their horses coming from between two mountains (Zechariah 6:1ff.).

Daniel was in the same state when he saw four beasts coming up from the sea (Daniel 7:1ff.), and when he saw the combat of the ram and the male goat (Daniel 8:1ff.). That he saw these sights in visions is said in Daniel 7:1-2, 7, 13; 8:2; 10:1, 7-8. Moreover, that he saw the angel Gabriel and spoke with him in a vision (Daniel 9:21).

It was the same with John when he saw the sights he described, as when he saw the Son of Man in the midst of the seven lampstands; when he saw the tabernacle, 1 the temple, 2 the ark, 3 and the altar 4 in heaven; the dragon and its combat with Michael; 5 the beasts; 6 the woman sitting on the scarlet beast; 7 the new heaven and new earth, and the holy Jerusalem with its wall, gates, and foundations; 8 and more.

These sights were revealed by the Lord, but shown by an angel.

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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.

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Ezekiel 1

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1 Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

2 In the fifth [day] of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,

3 the word of Yahweh came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Yahweh was there on him.

4 I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

5 Out of its midst came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man.

6 Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.

7 Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

8 They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and the four of them had their faces and their wings [thus]:

9 their wings were joined one to another; they didn't turn when they went; each one went straight forward.

10 As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and the four of them had the face of a lion on the right side; and the four of them had the face of an ox on the left side; the four of them also had the face of an eagle.

11 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and Two covered their bodies.

12 Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; they didn't turn when they went.

13 As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches: [the fire] went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

14 The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.

15 Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.

16 The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and the four of them had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.

17 When they went, they went in their four directions: they didn't turn when they went.

18 As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.

19 When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.

20 Wherever the spirit was to go, they went; there was the spirit to go: and the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

21 When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.

22 Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth Over their heads above.

23 Under the expanse were their wings straight, the one toward the other: each one had two which covered on this side, and every one had two which covered on that side, their bodies.

24 When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.

25 There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads: when they stood, they let down their wings.

26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and on the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.

27 I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.